
STATUTiES AND TAWS 



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KENTUCKY UNIYERSITY, 



ENACTED FEBT^TTARY 4, lbo8. 





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STATUTES AND LAWS 



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KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY, 



CONTAINING 



-'^ THE CHARTER 



PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE OE KY., 

AND APPROVED JANUARY 16, 1858. 

ALSO, 

THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS 

ADOPTKD BY THG BOARD OF CURATORS, FKB. 4^, 1858. 



HAREODSBUEG, KY.: 

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ESTABLISHED 1858 



CHARTER 



KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY. 



"Whereas, an Institution of learning, known and called by 
the name of Bacon College, was founded by certain members of 
the body of the "Disciples of Christ," denominated Christians, 
and was chartered by the Legislature of Kentucky in the year 
1836; and whereas, said Institution, after a series of unsuccess- 
ful eiforts for its permanent endowment and establishment, sus- 
pended its regular collegiate operation ; and whereas, in view 
of the educational wants of the said body of Christians in Ken- 
tucky, and of their wishes for the permanent success of said 
Institution, known and expressed at various times, a plan for 
its full endowment and re-organization has been presented and 
prosecuted by Jno. B. Bowman, of Mercer county, K}^., which 
has resulted thus far in the raising of $150,000 of Endowment 
Fund ; and whereas, it is desired to establish a first-class Uni- 
versity upon a more modern, American and Christian basis, 
and to carry out such design, it is necessary to amend and 
extend the provisions of the Charter of said Institution ; 
therefore : 

Section 1. Be it enacted hy the General Assembly of the Common- 
wealth of Kentucky, That said Institution known and called by 
the name of Bacon College, and located at Harrodsburg, in the 
count}'' of Mercer and State of Kentucky, shall be, from and 
after the passage of this act, known and called by the name of 
Kentucky University. 

Sec. 2. And he it farther enacted, That John B. Bowman, James 
Taylor, John Aug. Williams, Ben. C. Allin, A. G. Kyle, A. H. 
Bowman, J. A. Dearborn, D. W. Thompson, A. G. Yivion, P. B. 
Thompson, Wm. A. Cooke, G. D. Eunyon, A. Gallatin Talbott, 
P. B. Mason, C. T. Worthington, G. W. Givens, James C. Stone, 
A. G. Herndon, E. C. Graves, Wm. Morton, Joseph Wasson, 



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John Curd, W. W. McKenney, W. L. Williams, John Allen 
Grano, John I. Sogers, Zachery F. Smith, Eobt. C. Eice, Theo- 
dore S. Bell and Enos Campbell, shall be, and they and their 
successors in oflSce are hereby constituted a body politic and 
corporate, to be known by the name of the Curators of Ken- 
tucky University, and by that name shall have perpetual suc- 
cession and existence, and a common seal, which seal they may 
change and alter at pleasure, and by the aforesaid name, and in 
their corporate capacity, may sue and be sued, plead and be 
impleaded, contract and be contracted Avith, answer and be 
answered, in all courts of law and equity. And the same, in 
their corporate name, are hereby invested with the legal right 
to all the property and estate, real and personal, as well as all 
the rights and claims heretofore vested in the Trustees of the 
said Bacon College ; and may, in said corporate name, sue for 
and recover the same in as full and ample manner as the said 
Trustees of Bacon College could have done prior to this act. 

Sec. 3. For the purpose of promoting the cause of education 
in all its branches, and extending the sphere of science and 
Christian morality, the Curators aforesaid, and their successors, 
shall have power from time to time to establish and endow 
fully, in said University, any departments and professorships 
which they may deem necessary to carry out the aforesaid 
objects. They and their successors shall furthermore have full 
power, in their corporate capacity, to hold by gift, grant, de- 
vise, demise, or otherwise, any lands, tenements, hereditaments, 
moneys, rents, goods, chattels, or interests of any kind what- 
ever, which may be given, granted, demised, devised to, or pur- 
chased by them, for the use and benefit of said University ; also, 
may sell, lease, rent and dispose of the same, or any part 
thereof, in any way whatsoever they may adjudge most useful 
to the interests of said University. 

Sec. 4. They shall also have full power to select and employ 
any officers and agents they shall deem proper; also, such 
president, professors, instructors and tutors, as they may from 
time to time consider necessary ; also, to make, ordain, establish 
and execute, or cause to be executed, all such by-laws, rules 
and ordinances, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws 
of the United States, or of this State, as they may think neces- 
sary for the welfare of said Institution, for their own govern- 
ment, the good government of the professors, instructors, tutors, 
agents, oflScers and students of the same, and generally to do 



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all acts necessary and proper to promote the welfare and pros- 
perity of said University. 

Sec. 5. The permanent officers of the Board of Curators shall 
consist of a President, Secretary, Treasurer and Executive Com- 
mittee, all of whom shall be annually elected by the Curators 
from their own number, except the Treasurer, who may be 
elected out of the Board. 

Sec. 6. The Secretary of the Board shall keep a fair and cor- 
rect record of all the proceedings of the Board, in a good and 
substantial book, which record shall be signed by the President 
and Secretary before the adjournment of each meeting, and 
shall at any time be subject to the inspection and examination 
of any member of the Board, or any donor of the Institution. 
He shall file away and carefully preserve all such documents 
and papers, pertaining to his office and to the Institution, as 
may come into his hands, which shall upon his death, resigna- 
tion, or removal from office, be delivered up to the Board, and 
he shall perform such other duties as the Curators may pre- 
scribe. 

Sec. 7. The Treasurer, before he enters upon the duties of his 
office, shall enter into a bond with ample securit}^, in the pen- 
alty of one hundred thousand dollars, for the faithful discharge 
of the duties of his office. He shall take charge of all the funds 
of the Institution ; he shall pay over all money that may come 
into his hands upon the order of the Board, indorsed by the 
President thereof; he shall pay out no money except uj^on such 
order of the Board ; he shall render a true account current of 
the state of his office to the Board of Curators at its annual 
meeting, which account must be accompanied by the certificate 
of the Executive Committee, signed by each member thereof, 
and stating that it has been examined, and that it is correct, 
after which it shall then be published ; and no person shall be 
eligible to re-election as Treasurer, until such report is made, 
examined and approved by the Board of Curators. He shall, 
furthermore, when his term of service expires, or he shall 
resign his office, or be removed therefrom, deliver up to the 
Executive Committee, or their order, all the books and papers 
pertaining to his office, and in each and every particular account 
for and pay over all money or other thing of value which may 
come into his hands as Treasurer. He shall also permit his 
books to be examined at any and all times by the Executive 
Committee, or any donor of the Institution. The bond of the 



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Treasurer shall be placed in the hands of the Secretary of the 
Board, and shall be renewed upon a re-election to the office, 
which bond shall be made paj^^able to the Curators of said 
University. 

Sec. 8. For the ownership and control of said TJniversitj^, at 
least two thirds of the Board of Curators shall always be mem- 
bers of the Christian Church in Kentucky. At no time shall 
any member of the faculty be a member of the Board. 

Sec. 9. An annual meeting of the Board of Curators shall be 
held during the commencement week of the University, at 
which time they shall cause to be published a general account 
of the condition of the Institution. A meeting shall be called 
at any other time by the President of the Board, at the sugges- 
tion of any three members thereof, or of the President of the 
University. Nine members shall constitute a quorum for 
ordinary business, one of whom shall be President pro tern., 
in the absence of the President of the Board, and less than 
a quorum shall have the power of adjourning from day to day, 
or to any future day, until a quorum shall be had. 

Sec. 10. A majority of all the Curators shall have power to 
remove a Curator from office for any cause they may deem suf- 
ficient, and shall have power also to define the qualifications of 
a Curator ; and whenever any Curator shall absent himself from 
two successive annual meetings of the Board, without assigning 
a sufficient reason therefor, his seat shall be declared thereby 
vacant, and the Board shall at its next meeting proceed to the 
election of a new Curator to fill such vacancy. All vacancies by 
death, resignation, or removal from office, or otherwise, shall be 
filled b}^ a quorum. 

Sec. 11. No less than a majority of the whole Board shall 
have power to appoint the President, professors, instructors, 
tutors, and all other officers and agents, to fix their compensa- 
tion, or increase or diminish the same, to remove the same from 
office for sufficient cause, and to fill all vacancies in the same, 
whether by death, resignation, removal or otherwise. Provided, 
a vacancy may be filled by a quorum until a meeting of said 
majority shall be held. 

Sec 12. The Curators, upon the recommendation of the Presi- 
dent and faculty of the University, shall have power to grant 
such literary honors as are usually granted b}'' the best colleges 
and universities in the United States, and such other honors 
as the Board and the faculty may think necessary, and in 



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testimony thereof, to give suitable certificates or diplomas, under 
the seal of the corporation, and every such diploma shall en- 
title its possessor to all the immunities and privileges which by 
any law or usage are allowed to the possessors of diplomas 
granted by any college or university in the United States. 

Sec. 13. All the provisions of the charter of Bacon College, 
heretofore enacted, which are in conflict with the provisions of 
this act, are hereby annulled and repealed. 

Sec. 14. All lands, money, or other property, which may, by 
donation, devise, deed of gift, or otherwise, be contributed to 
said University, shall be strictly applied according to the in- 
structions given by the donor or testator ; and all money thus 
donated as a permanent endowment fund shall he principal, and 
shall be, as the same accrues, invested in good, safe, profitable 
and permanent stocks, which shall remain forever intact, and 
the amount whereof is to be in no respect or in any manner 
whatever diminished, subject, however, as necessity may de- 
mand, to investment and re-investment in such stocks. The 
proceeds of such stocks, either in the form of dividend, or in- 
terest, or rents, shall be a fund in the hands of the Treasurer, 
subject to the order of the Board of Curators, and shall be used 
as the Board may direct, for the purposes of the University. 

Sec. 15. For maintaining and carrying out effectually the 
discipline of said University, Be it further enacted, that if, by any 
person, money be lent or advanced, or any thing sold or let to 
hire, on credit, to or for the use of any student or pupil under 
twenty-one years of age, at the said University, without the 
previous permission, in writing, of his parents or guardian, or 
the authorized officers of said Institution, nothing shall be 
recovered therefor by action of debt, and there shall moreover 
be forfeited to the Institution twenty dollars and the amount or 
value of such money or other thing. Where such selling, let- 
ting, lending or advancing is by an agent, such forfeiture shall 
be by his principal, unless the principal shall, within ten days 
after he has knowledge or information of the selling, letting, 
lending, or advancing, give notice in writing to the President, 
or other head of the Institution, that it was done without his 
knowledge or consent, in which case the forfeiture shall be by 
the agent. 

Sec. 16. If any person so violate the last above-named section 
of this act, as to be liable to the forfeiture thereby declared, he 
shall moreover be fined not less than fifty nor more than three 



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hundred dollars, and upon conviction he shall be bound by the 
court in a sum not less than five hundred dollars, with at least 
two sufficient securities, to be of good behavior for one year; 
and any subsequent violation of the section aforesaid shall be 
held to be a forfeiture of the recognizance. 

Sec. 17. It shall be the duty of the judge of the Mercer Cir- 
cuit Court to give the fifteenth and sixteenth sections of this 
act in charge to the grand jury at each and every term of said 
court, and the penalties imposed in the above-named sections 
for a violation or violations of any of the provisions thereof, 
shall be recovered by indictment found by the grand jury ; 
one half of the aforesaid penalty to go to the attorney of the 
commonwealth. 

Sec. 18. That if the President, or any agent, or the Treasurer, 
or any other officer of the Board of Curators of the University, 
without the authority of the Board properly given and entered 
of record, as before directed, appropriate any of the funds of 
the Institution to his own use, or that of any other person, or 
shall wilfully fail to make correct entries, or shall knowingly 
make false entries upon the books of the Institution, with the 
intent to cheat or defraud the same, or any contributor to the 
funds thereof, or to hide or conceal any improper appropriation 
of said funds, the person so offending shall be deemed guilty of 
felony, and shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to con- 
finement in the jail or penitentiary of the State for a period of 
not less than one or more than twenty years. 

Sec. 19. The Board of Curators of Kentucky University shall 
consist of not less than thirty members, a majority of whom 
shall at all times reside out of the county of Mercer, and in any 
county of this State where the sum of fifteen thousand dollars 
may be subscribed to the endowment fund of the University, 
there shall be a representation of at least one member in the 
Board. 

Sec. 20. This act to take effect from and after the date of its 
passage. 



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KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY. 



According to the fourth section of the preceding Act of 
Incorporation, the following Laws for the government of Ken- 
tucky University, were passed by its Board of Curators, at their 
first meeting, on the 4th of February, 1858. 

AETICLB I. 

OF THE BOARD OP CURATORS. 

1. The annual meeting of the Board of Curators shall be 
held on the day next preceding the Annual Commencement, be- 
ginning at nine o'clock, A. M., at which time officers shall be 
elected, and the ordinary business of the Board transacted. 
Meetings may also be held by adjournment, and special meet- 
ings may be called by the President, according to the ninth 
section of the Charter. But in the latter case, a written notice 
of such call, stating the object of the meeting, shall be given by 
the Secretary to each member of the Board, at least ten days 
before said meeting, and no other business than that named in 
the notice of said meeting, shall be transacted without the con- 
sent of at least two-thirds of the members present. 

2. The officers of the Board, as defined in the fifth section of 
the Charter, shall consist of a President, Secretary, Treasurer 
and Executive Committee. These shall all be elected by bal- 
lot, and shall continue to discharge the duties of their re- 
spective offices until their successors shall be regularly ap- 
pointed. 

3. It shall be the duty of the President, at each meeting of 
the Board, to call the members to order at the precise time ap- 
pointed for said meeting. He shall preside at each meeting of 



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the Board, and decide all points of order, subject to an appeal 
to the Board. He shall appoint all committees ordered by the 
Board, unless otherwise directed. He shall sign all orders on 
the Treasurer, and all other acts of the Corporation ; and he 
shall see that the business of the Board is not interrupted by 
conversation on matters not before them. 

4. In the absence of the President, the Vice-President shall 
act as President, and discharge, for the time being, all the duties 
of his office. 

5. The Secretary shall keep legible and correct minutes of 
the transactions of the Board, with the names of all the mem- 
bers present. He shall give the proper notice of each meeting ; 
preserve in a separate book all by-laws, rules and regulations 
passed by the Board ; preserve on file all papers and documents 
belonging to the Board, and in general do all their writing as a 
body. 

6. In the discharge of his duties as prescribed by the Char- 
ter, the Treasurer of the Board shall keep separate accounts of 
the Endowment Fund, the Tuition Fund, the Beneficiary Fund, 
the Library Fund, the Building Fund, the Janitor's Fund, and 
the General Fund. 

The Endowment Fund shall consist of such donations to the 
University as may be given for the specific purpose of endowing 
the Institution. The Tuition Fund shall consist of such fees as 
the Board of Curators may require to be paid for tuition by the 
students attending the University. The Beneficiary Fund shall 
consist of donations given by benevolent individuals and asso- 
ciations, for the special purpose of educating indigent and 
worthy young men at Kentucky University. The Library 
Fund shall consist of Matriculation fees, of fees for the degree 
of A. M., of fines for the injury of books, and of such other funds 
as may be appropriated for the increase of the Library and 
Apparatus. The Building Fund shall consist of such gifts, 
grants, donations and bequests as may be made for the increase 
or improvement of the University grounds or buildings. The 
Janitor's Fund shall consist of all charges for servants' hire, 
fuel, lights, and other incidental expenses. And the General 
Fund shall consist of all donations, fines, rents, and other pro- 
ceeds of the University not otherwise appropriated. 

For the present and till specifically applied, these funds shall 
all be appropriated according to the order of the Board, subject 
only to the limitations of the Charter. 



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7. Whenever a member wishes to communicate with the 
Board, or to debate any subject before them, he shall rise and 
address the Chair, and no interruption shall be permitted, un- 
less by a call to order, or with the consent of the speaker. No 
member shall speak more than twice on the same subject, nor 
more than fifteen minutes at any one time, without the special 
leave of a majority of the members present. 

8. Every motion, except for adjournment, shall be made in 
writing, if required by any member ; and if seconded, shall be 
stated by the President previous to its discussion. If the mo- 
tion be not amended, it raay, with the permission of the Chair, 
be withdrawn by the mover and seconder at any time prior to 
the final decision. Any member may call for the division of a 
question when it is susceptible of it. 

9. Motions acted on and negatived, shall not be recorded 
unless required by the Board. 

10. On the call of two members, the yeas and nays shall be 
taken on any matter before the Board, and recorded with the 
vote of each member opposite his name, 

11. A motion to lay a subject before the Board on the table, 
shall be decided without debate, and if decided in the afiirma- 
tive, it shall not be called up again for action until an adjourn- 
ment shall have intervened, unless by the consent of all the 
members present. 

12. A motion to adjourn shall always be in order, unless 
when a member is speaking, or the Board are voting; and it 
shall always be decided without debate. 

13. No member present shall withdraw from the meeting 
without permission from the Chair, nor shall any one withdraw 
from the business of the session, or decline voting on any ques- 
tion, unless excused by the Board. 

14. All questions shall be decided by the vote of a majority 
of the members present, subject only to the limitations of the 
Charter. 

15. At each annual meeting, the Board shall appoint five 
gentlemen distinguished for their moral excellence and general 
attainments in literature and science, who, with the Executive 
Committee, shall constitute the Board of Visitors for the en- 
suing year. During the period of their appointment they shall 
have free access to the recitation or examination of any class in 
the University. 

16. The minutes of the proceedings of each day during any 



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meeting, shall be read at the commencement of the session of 
the following day ; and the whole proceedings of each meeting 
shall be read before the final adjournment. 

17. Every meeting of the Board shall be opened and closed 
with prayer. 

18. No alteration shall be made in these laws, unless at a 
regular stated meeting of the Board. 

19. The Order of Business shall be as follows : 

1. KoU call. 

2. Prayer. 

3. Eeading and adopting the Minutes of the preced- 

ing meeting. 

4. Eeport of the President. 

5. Eeport of the Treasurer. 

6. Business Eeport of the Executive Committee. 

7. Eeports of other Committees. 

8. Eeports of Agents. 

9. Unfinished Business. 

10. New Business. 

11. General Eeport for publication. 

12. Prayer. 

AETICLE II. 

OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

1. The Executive Committee shall consist of five members 
of the Board, three of whom, at least, shall reside in Harrods- 
burgh, or in its immediate vicinity ; and the same number shall 
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 

2. They shall have full power, for and in behalf of the 
Board, to do and transact all business which the Board might 
rightfully do, and which shall be proper and necessary to be 
done in the interim between the meetings of the Board ; pro- 
vided, however, that the acts, doings, proceedings and appoint- 
ments of said Committee, so far as they relate to the legitimate 
business of the whole Board, shall have full force and effect 
only until the next meeting of the Board, unless at said meet- 
ing they shall be approved by the Board ; and all their drafts 
on the Treasurer must be indorsed by the President of the 
Board, and attested by the Secretary. 

3. They shall choose a Chairman and a Secretary, and keep 
in a permanent book a record of all their proceedings, which 



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shall at all times be subject to inspection by any member of the 
Board or Faculty. During the session of the University they 
shall meet on the second Monday of every month, precisely at 
two o'clock, P. M., and as much oftener as they themselves may 
direct; and they shall make a full report of their proceedings 
at each annual meeting of the Board. 

4. The Committee shall frequently examine the University 
grounds and buildings, and order any necessary repairs upon 
the same. They shall, in conjunction with the Faculty, appoint 
tutors, and supply any vacancies that may occur in the Board 
of Instructors between the meetings of the Board of Curators. 
They shall see that the laws of the Institution are executed by 
the Faculty and observed by the students ; and especially that 
the provisions of the Charter are not violated by any one. And 
whenever necessary, they shall institute, or cause to be insti- 
tuted, in the name of the Corporation, suits for the recovery of 
damages done to the grounds, buildings, or appurtenances of 
the University, or for dues accruing to the same from any other 
source whatever. They shall examine and adjust all accounts 
which any person or persons may have with the University; 
and they shall audit the Report of the Treasurer on or before 
the da}'' next preceding the annual meeting of the Board. They 
shall examine the class rolls of the Faculty, and attend all the 
public examinations of the students, either as a body, or by 
appointing at least two of their number, who shall act with the 
honorary members of the Board of Visitors. They shall also 
act as a Committee of Nomination, and prepare business for the 
Board at their annual meetings. 

Besides the report of their own proceedings, they shall also 
prepai'e and submit to the Board, at each annual meeting, a 
General Rej)ort, embracing a particular account of the state of 
the treasury, library, apparatus, museum, grounds, buildings, 
and such other matters as will constitute a fair statement of the 
labors and transactions of the past year, and the existing con- 
dition of the University. This report, as approved by the 
Board, or an abstract thereof, shall, together with a brief notice 
of the closing exercises of the session, be published by the 
Committee, as the report of the University for the preceding 
year. 



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AETICLB III. 

OPTHEFACULTY. 

1. The officers of instruction shall consist of a President, 
Yice-President, and such regular Professors, Professors extra- 
ordinary^, Instructors and Tutors, as the Board of Curators 
shall from time to time appoint. But the President and regu- 
lar Professors only shall constitute the Faculty. 

2. To them shall be committed the government of the Insti- 
tution. They shall have authority to adopt and execute, at 
their discretion, such measures not inconsistent with the Char- 
ter and statutes of the Board, as they may deem expedient and 
necessary for securing the full benefit of the prescribed course 
of study, and the due exercise of discipline. 

3. They shall meet at least once every week to inquire into 
all infractions of the laws ; to call delinquents to account ; to 
communicate with each other in reference to the attention, pro- 
ficiency and demeanor of each student; and to transact any 
other business pertaining to the interests of the University. 

4. Besides the regular meetings of the Faculty, the Presi- 
dent, or any two Professors, may call a special meeting when- 
ever, in their judgment, the exigencies of the Institution require 
it. And in all cases, when due notice of a meeting shall have 
been given, the majority of the Faculty shall constitute a 
quorum for the traiisaction of business. 

5. Every matter brought before the Faculty shall be decided 
by the votes of a majority of the members present. But in 
case the votes be equally divided, the President may, in addi- 
tion to his vote as a Professor, give the casting vote as the 
presiding officer. 

6. The Faculty shall keep a regular account of their pro- 
ceedings, and communicate all their decisions officially. And 
BO member shall anticij)ate the legal action of the Faculty by 
expressing in the presence of a student, an opinion on the 
merits of any question that is a proper subject for their joint 
consideration. ISTor shall he at any time, under such circum- 
stances, object to any law of the Board or action of the Faculty. 

7. At the annual meeting of the Board of Curators, the 
Faculty shall recommend to them, for the regular degree of A. 
B. or A. M., such of the students of the University as shall 
have completed in a satisfactory manner the course of studies 
hereafter prescribed, and as shall have faithfully observed and 



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respected all the other rules and regulations of the University. 
They shall also recommend any of the Alumni of the Univer- 
sity, or other persons who may be esteemed worthy, to receive 
any honorary degree in the Liberal Arts. And having received 
the mandamus of the Board, they shall, on the day of the An- 
nual Commencement, proceed, through their acting President, 
to confer said degrees according to the tenor of said mandamus. 

8. Every member of the Faculty shall reside in Harrods- 
burg, or within the immediate precincts of the University ; 
and he shall engage in no pursuit or occupation that will inter- 
fere with the regular and faithful discharge of his official duties. 
He shall labor not only to discharge in a becoming manner the 
duties of his own Department, but also to elevate to the utmost 
of his power the moral and literary character of the Uni- 
versity. 

9. Besides the business meetings of the Faculty, they shall 
have Educational meetings, for the purpose of discussing all 
questions pertaining to the theory and practice of Education, 
and especially for the purpose of examining all matters that 
may have any practical bearing on the reputation and success 
of Kentucky University. They shall keep a record of their 
proceedings at said Educational meetings, and cause to be en- 
tered in a separate chapter, for convenient reference, their 
decisions on all questions of practical importance. 

10. They shall keep a Matriculation Book, a University 
Eegister, a Book of Eecords, a Book of Degrees, a Minute Book, 
a Statute Book, and an Educational Journal. 

In the Matriculation Book each applicant for admission into 
the University shall write his name under the Matriculation 
Pledge, before he shall be recognized as a student of the same. 
In this book shall also be recorded the time of each student's 
entering and leaving the University. In the University Reg- 
ister shall be entered the name and age of each student, the 
number of his studies during the session, and the name and 
address of his parent or guardian. In the Book of Records 
shall be entered, at the close of each session, the standing of 
every student with respect to conduct, industry and scholar- 
ship. In the Book of Degrees shall be recorded the name and 
residence of all who receive diplomas in any school of the 
University ; also, of all who receive the regular degree of A. 
B. or A. M., or any honorary degree in the Liberal Arts. In 
the Minute Book shall be kept a regular account of the acts 



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of the Facultj^, at all their business meetings. The Statute 
Book shall contain all the by-laws, rules and regulations passed 
by the Faculty. And in the Educational Journal shall be re- 
corded a synopsis of the proceedings of the Faculty at their 
Educational meetings. 

11. No change of text-books shall be made in any Depart- 
ment of the University, unless by a vote of the Faculty. 

12. The salarj^ of each member of the Faculty shall be 
fixed by the Board of Curators, and shall in all cases be paid 
semi-annually. The fiscal year shall begin on the first day of 
July and end on the last day of June. 

13. The Board reserve to themselves the right to dismiss 
any Professor, whenever, in their judgment, the interests of 
the University may require it. But the emolument of no faith- 
ful Professor shall be diminished without six months' previous 
notice ; and no Professor shall resign without the permission 
of the Board, except at the end of a session, and after having 
given at least three months' notice of his intention to do so. 

14. It shall be lawful for any and every member of the 
Faculty to attend the meetings of the Board and of the Execu- 
tive Committee, and to speak, but not to vote, on any question 
under consideration. 

AETICLE lY. 

OPTHEPRESIDENT. 

1. To the President shall be committed the general superin- 
tendence of the interests and reputation of the University, 
which he shall endeavor to maintain and promote by every 
exertion in his power. He shall have the right to direct, rule 
and govern the University according to the laws of the Board 
and the regulations of the Faculty ; and in all cases of emer- 
gency he shall also have authority to adopt and to execute, at 
his own discretion, any measures not inconsistent with this 
code, which he may think necessary in order to the prompt and 
faithful discharge of his official duties. 

2. He shall be ex officio President of the Faculty, and the 
executive officer of the University. He shall confer all de- 
grees, and preside at all examinations, commencements, and 
other public meetings of the Universit3^ 

3. He shall have a right to be present at the recitation of 
any class as often as he may think proper, and in concert with 



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the Professor of each school, he shall regulate the instructions 
of the same in subordination to the course of study prescribed 
by these laws. To him also, as well as to the Executive Com- 
mittee, it belongs to see that the rules and regulations of the 
Board are duly and faithfully observed by all the Professors, 
Instructors and Tutors of the University. 

4. To the President shall also be committed, in a special 
manner, the religious instruction of the students. He may, 
however, call upon any of the Professors to lead in the morning 
services of the chapel, or to render any other assistance in this 
department of his official duties that the interests of the Uni- 
versity may seem to require. 

5. He shall exercise a general oversight over the character 
and conduct of the students. And whenever the case may in 
his judgment require it, he shall, either personally or through 
the Faculty, communicate to the parent or guardian of any 
student, such information as he may think necessary. 

6. It shall furthermore be the duty of the President to make 
to the Board, at their annual meeting, a written report of the 
actual state of the University, embracing in detail every thing 
that he may think important to be communicated, in relation 
to any of its departments, with such suggestions as, in his 
judgment, would have a tendency to promote the interests of 
the Institution. 

7. In the absence of the President, his duties shall devolve 
on the Vice-President, and in the absence of the latter, the 
senior Professor present shall occupy the place, and exei'cise all 
the functions of the President. 

AETICLE V. 

OF THE REGULAR PROFESSORS. 

1. It shall be the duty of every Professor to discharge with 
fidelity the services appertaining to his particular chair. When- 
ever the subject will admit of it, the teaching shall be by lec- 
ture and examination, with reference to text-books and collateral 
authorities, accompanied with written exercises and the solution 
of problems. Every subject capable of visible illustration shall 
be illustrated by experiments and diagrams. It is also expected 
that every Professor will direct his class to such authors as will 
be most useful in the prosecution of their studies ; that he will 
not only communicate to them a given amount of knowledge, 
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but that he will also endeavor to excite in them an ardent love 
of learning, and that he will, as far as possible, create in them 
both the desire and the ability to prosecute their studies with 
interest and profit, after they shall have completed their course 
at the University. 

2. Every lecture or recitation shall continue just one hour. 
Two minutes after the ringing of the bell, the exercises will 
commence. And no class shall be dismissed before the tap of 
the second bell ; nor shall any be detained longer than this 
without the consent of the Faculty or President. 

3. Every Professor must also consider himself an officer of 
discipline as well as of instruction. He is hereby authorized 
and required to adopt such rules, not inconsistent with this 
code, as may be necessary for the good order and government 
of his Department, and to admonish any student who may be 
guilty of any impropriety in his recitation room. He shall 
have authority to suspend from his Dejjartment any student 
who shall be guilty of disrespect toward him, and to report the 
same to the Faculty. And no such suspended student shall be 
restored to his standing in the class without the consent of the 
Professor in charge of the Department. 

4. It shall also be the duty of each Professor to keep a daily 
record of the attendance, proficiency and demeanor of each 
student in his class, and to report the same to the Faculty at 
their weekly meetings. 

5. If a student shall be absent from any exercise, it shall be 
the duty of the Professor to inquire immediately into the cause 
of it. If the excuse shall be to him a satisfactory one, he may 
receive it. But if not, or the student shall have been absent 
more than once during the same week, then, except in cases of 
protracted sickness, it shall be the duty of the Professor to cite 
him to appear before the Faculty at their next meeting. And 
in no case shall any Professor grant to a student permission to 
leave the University limits ; nor to a class to omit any exercise 
in his own Department. All such licenses must be granted by 
the President or by the joint action of the Faculty. 

6. It shall also be the duty of every Professor to use his 
utmost vigilance and exertions to carry into complete eifect 
every law and regulation of the University, whether it relates 
to his own Department or not. He shall take notice of every 
violation of law and good order, and at once use the proper 
means to correct it. If in his judgment private admonition be 



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not sufficient, he shall immediately report the case to the Presi- 
dent for the action of the Faculty. And in general, he shall be 
required to co-operate with the President to the full extent of 
his ability in maintaining the order and discipline of the Uni- 
versity. 

7. It shall be the duty of every Professor to attend the morn- 
ing services in the Chapel, and all the public meetings of the 
University whether literary or religious ; and to see that the 
students behave with gravity and decorum. 

8. Bach Professor shall have charge of all the Apparatus that 
properly belongs to his Department ; and shall be responsible 
to the Board of Curators for any losses occasioned by negligence 
or inattention on his part. To the Professor of Physical Science, 
shall be committed the care of the Museum and Cabinet of min- 
erals. 

9. Immediately after the close of the final examination of 
each School, the Professor in charge shall report to the Presi- 
dent and through him to the Executive Committee, the general 
condition of his Department, with suggestions of such improve- 
ments as he may think desirable. 

10. It shall also be the duty of each Professor to furnish the 
Secretary with a list of the names and residences of all the 
graduates in his School to be entered in the Book of Degrees. 
And at the close of each term, he shall furnish the Secretary 
with a list of the names and standing of all the under graduates 
in his School, with any remarks that he may wish to have en- 
tered on the Book of Eecords. 

11. The Professors shall take rank by seniority, according to 
the date of their appointment. 

AETICLE VI. 

OF OTHER INSTRUCTORS. 

1. Professors Extraordinary and other Instructors not em- 
braced in the preceding Article, shall perform such services as 
the Board of Curators may require ; and at such times, and 
under such rules and regulations as the Faculty may prescribe. 

2. The Tutors in the different Schools of the Univei'sity. 
shall conduct their instructions under the immediate supervision 
of the Professors of said Schools. And it shall be the duty of 
the Professor in charge, to review frequently such classes for 
the purpose of ascertaining their progress and standing. 



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3. Professors Extraordinary, Instructors and Tutors, will 
not be expected to attend the meetings of the Faculty. But the 
President may require their attendance whenever he may think 
it necessary to do so. And in all cases, it shall be their duty to 
co-operate with the Faculty in every way that they can, to pro- 
mote good order and to sustain the discipline of the University; 
and especially shall they be required to report to the President 
every known violation of law which they may not be able to 
correct by private admonition. 

AETICLE YII. 

OP THE SECRETARY OF THE FACULTY, 

1. The Faculty shall elect one of their own members to act 
as their Secretary. And it shall be his special duty, with such 
aid as he may obtain from other members of the Faculty, to 
keep a regular account of all their proceedings ; to enter upon 
the Book of Eecords at the close of each term the reports of 
the same ; to record in the Book of Degrees, at the close of each 
session, the names and residences of the graduates, in the several 
Schools, and also the names and residences of those admitted to 
any degree in the Liberal Arts ; to write out in due form all 
such acts of the Faculty as their President may require in the 
administration of discipline : to record in the Statute Book, all 
by-laws passed by the Faculty ; to attend to all correspondence 
which may be ordered by the Faculty, and in general, to do the 
writing of the Faculty as a body. He shall receive an adequate 
compensation for his services. 

AETICLE VIII. 

OF THE BURSAR. 

1. The Executive Committee shall appoint some responsible 
person to act as Bursar for the students of the University. It 
shall be his duty to receive from the students all moneys or 
drafts for money which they may bring with them to the Uni- 
versity ; and to disburse the same in paying their tuition and 
other necessary expenses, according to the direction of the 
parent or guardian. He shall keep an account of the money 
received and disbursed ; and at the close of the session, and at 
other stated times he shall send a copy of the same to the parent 
or guardian of each student ; and pay the balance, if there be 



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any, to said parent or guardian, or to his written order. For 

which services, said Bursar shall receive -per cent on all 

the moneys disbursed. He shall give bond and security for 
the proper discharge of his duties. 

2. Every student under age, shall on his arrival at the Uni- 
versity, pay over to the Bursar, all moneys or drafts for money 
which may have been committed to him for the payment of his 
tuition, books, boarding, and other necessary expenses; and for 
his doing so, he shall be considered as acting under a pledge of 
honor. 

3. Each student must also immediately after his arrival, 
deposit with the Bursar, any fire-arms, dirk, bowie-knife, or any 
other deadly weapon that he may have in his possession or under 
his control. 

AETICLE IX. 

OF THE ADMISSION OP STUDENTS, 

1. Every candidate for admission into Kentucky University, 

must, except in extraordinary eases, be at least fourteen years 
of age, and must be able to sustain a thorough examination on 
the following Preparatory Course, or on what the Faculty may 
deem a fair equivalent. 

Ancient and Modern Geography; Outlines of History; English 
Grammar; Arithmetic; Elements of Algebra ; Latin Grammar ; Latin 
Reader ; Coesar; Sallust; VirgiVs Bucolics and Georgics ; Greek Gram- 
mar ; Greek Reader ; and Selections from the Greek Testament. 

2. He must present to the President or Faculty, satisfactory 
evidence of his good moral character. It is very desirable that 
students coming from other literary Institutions, should bring 
letters of honorable dismission. Other applicants should pro- 
cure a certificate from some gentleman of their acquaintance, 
whose standing in society will be to the Faculty a sure guaran- 
tee of their just and honorable intentions. 

3. If the testimonials be satisfactory, the candidate will then 
be examined, and his exact standing recorded on the Minutes of 
the Faculty. Each Professor shall be the Examiner in his own 
Department and shall see that the examination be thorough and 
satisfactory. 

4. Immediately after examination, the candidate shall pro- 
cure from the Treasurer of the University, a Quietus or Session 
Bill, which, when presented to the Faculty will entitle him 
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he shall have first procured and read a copy of the Laws, and 
made the required deposits with the Bursar of the University ; 
and also that he shall have procured suitable boarding. 

5. He shall then be required to subscribe to the following 
Matriculation Pledge, which he shall in all cases read before 
signing his name. 

I promise, 07i condition of being admitted as a student of Kentuclty 
University, on my Faith and Honor that I will ohcy all the laws, rules, 
and regulations of this Institution : and particidarly that I loill avoid 
the use of all intoxicating beverages, "profanity, gaming, and all indecent, 
disorderly behavior, and disrespectfid conduct to the Faculty, and all 
combinations to resist their authority : as witness my hand. 

6. The Secretary of the Faculty will then enter upon the 
University Eegister the name and age of the student, and the 
address of his parent or guardian ; together with such studies 
as he may select from the different Schools with the advice and 
consent of the Faculty. These should in general amount to 
three daily recitations. In some cases this may be too much, 
and in others two little for the capacity of the student. Due 
allowance will always be made for the ability and peculiar cir- 
cumstances of each student. No one will be unnecessarily re- 
tarded. But any departure from the regular order of three 
daily recitations, must in all cases be made with the knowledge 
and approbation of the Faculty. 

7. It is desirable that all students be present at the begin- 
ning of the session. And the policy of this Institution requires, 
that after their arrival (if this should not be before the opening 
of the session), new applicants for admission shall immediately 
present to the President their certificates of good standing; and 
that all students, whether formerly connected with the Univer- 
sity or not, shall lose no time in procuring their Session Bills, 
and entering upon their course of study. Any neglect of this 
regulation, or loitering about taverns, will be regarded as prima 
facie evidence of the want of those moral and industrial habits 
that constitute one of the primary conditions of admission into 
Kentucky University. 

AETICLE X. 

OF THE CONDUCT OF STUDENTS. 

Kentucky University was founded for the education of young 
men. And it is presumed that every one qualified to enter it in 
the capacity of a student, will have some acquaintance with the 



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first principles of Christian moralitj", propriety and decorum ; 
and that it will therefore be unnecessary to burden his memory 
with a full and complete code of specific rules and regulations. 
But it will be expected and required of every student: 

1. That he be diligent in study; punctual in his attendance 
upon recitations, examinations, and all other University exerci- 
ses ; and that he promptly render a valid and satisfactory reason 
to the proper oiScer for any delinquency on his part. 

2. That having entered any class he will not leave it without 
the permission of the Faculty ; and that he will engage in no 
new study without their consent and approbation. 

3. That he treat all persons, and especially the officers of the 
University with becoming respect and decorum. 

4. That he do not trespass on the premises of any other per- 
son ; and that he in no way deface or injure the property of the 
Uuiversity. 

5. That he attend no exhibition of immoral tendency; and 
that he frequent no bar-room, tippling-house, nor any other 
place where intoxicating liquors are sold. 

6. That he neither introduce upon the premises nor use any 
kind of intoxicating beverages ; and that he abstain from the use 
of tobacco, in the University Buildings. 

7. That he neither keep in his possession, nor use fire-arms, 
a dirk, a bowie-knife, or any other kind of deadly weapon. 

8. That he abstain fromprofanity, the desecration uf the Lord's 
Day, all kinds of gaming for a reward or prize of any kind, and 
from card-playing even for amusement ; and also from whatever 
else is inconsistent with good order, good taste, and good morals. 

9. That he attend public worship every Lord's Day; and 
prayers in the University Chapel, every morning. 

10. That he go not beyond the immediate precincts of Har- 
rodsburgh, during the session, without permission from the 
Faculty ; or in cases of emergency, when this can not be ob- 
tained, without the .consent of the President. 

11. That he carefully observe and respect all the rules and 
regulations contained in the other articles of this code, respect- 
ing fees, societies, boarding-houses, et csetera. 

12. That he shun and discountenance all disorderly combina- 
tions and associations of students or citizens ; and that he 
co-operate with the Faculty in every honorable way that he 
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AETICLE XI. 

OP DISCIPLINE. 

1. It is the design of the Board and Faculty of Kentucky 
University, that its discipline shall as far as possible be strictly 
parental. They sincerely hope that all severe and disgraceful 
punishments may be avoided ; and that, in most cases, the ends 
of discipline may be secured by proper appeals addressed to the 
reason and the conscience. 

2. But to maintain good order, and to secure the very import- 
ant objects for which the Institution was founded, the Faculty 
may inflict, at their discretion, and according to the character of 
the offense, any of the following penalties for the violation of 
laws : 

1. Private Admonition. 

2. Public Admonition. 

3. Complaint to Parent or Guardian. 

4. Suspension. 

5. Fines for damages. 

6. Dismission. 

7. Expulsion. 

3. No student shall be publicly dismissed or expelled with- 
out an opportunity of being fully heard in his own defense ; and 
in all cases of expulsion, the action shall not be final till con- 
firmed by the Executive Committee. But whenever the Faculty 
are satisfied, that owing to habitual idleness, profanity, or any 
other cause, the presence of a student in the University is un- 
favorable to its prosperity, and to the welfare of the other 
students, they may dismiss him privately, or require his parent 
or guardian to remove him immediately from the Institution. 

4. In all such cases, the delinquent shall forfeit the fees of 
the session. Only in cases of protracted sickness will any al- 
lowance be made for absence ; and then, only the tuition fee for 
the remainder of the session will be refunded. 

5. A student dismissed by the Faculty shall leave the Uni- 
versity immediately and return to his home. And if he shall 
delay on or about the University premises, beyond what the 
Faculty may regard as a reasonable time for his departure, 
(which in ordinary cases, shall not exceed a few hours), they 
shall have power to change his sentence of dismission into ex- 
pulsion. 



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AETICLE XII. 

OP THE COURSE OF STUDY AND INSTRUCTION. 

The course of instruction in the University shall for the 
present be divided into the six following Schools or Depart- 
ments : 

/. ScJiool of Bihlical Literature and Moral Philosophy. 

The design of this school is to give to all the students of Ken- 
tucky University, and esijccially to the more advanced classes, 
a thorough knowledge of the Holy Scriptures, in their gram- 
matical, logical, historical and chronological order. Every 
thing that has any tendency to create in the mind a sectarian 
bias will be carefully avoided. The words of inspiration will 
be studied and taught in their proper connection ; and the main 
portions of both the Old and the New Testaments will be made 
subjects of the most critical and profound investigation. 

The full course of instruction in this school will extend 
through a period of two years, and embrace the following sub- 
jects : 

1. The main portions of the Pentateuch, with lectures on the 
Geography, Chronology, Archaeology and Literature of the 
Ancient Hebrews. 

2. History of the Israelites from Moses to Christ, with lectures 
on the Laws, Manners, Customs and Literature of other 
Oriental Nations. 

3. Selections from the Prophecies, with special attention to the 
Prophetic Symbols, the Laws of Figurative Language, and the 
General Principles of Interpretation. 

4. Greeh Exegesis. — One or more of the Gospels, and some of 
the Epistles. 

5. History of the Primitive Church, with a critical analysis of 
the principal Addresses recorded in the Acts of the Apostles. 

6. An Analytical Research into the Principles of Moral Philoso- 
phy, as they are revealed and taught in the Old and the New 
Testaments, 

7. Evidences of Christianity, with lectures on the Canon, In- 
Bpiration and History of the Bible.- 

8. Original Essays and Discussions by the Senior Class, with 
strictures by the Professor. 

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//. School of Mathematics. 

In this Department, very special attention shall be given to 
the mental discipline of the students. The development of the 
intellectual powers, and the formation and cultivation of correct 
habits of thinking and reasoning, by a constant reference to the 
logic and philosophy of Mathematics, shall be made the para- 
mount objects of every recitation. 

Prominence shall also be given to the great practical utility 
of Mathematics. As far as possible, every principle demon- 
strated shall also be illustrated by some useful application of it 
to the Arts. The recitations shall be conducted with the aid of 
well-selected text-books ; and the Professor shall also give such 
additional illustrations and explanations as may be necessary 
in order to impart to the student a thorough philosophical and 
practical knowledge of all the subjects taught. 

The full course of instruction will occupy three years, and 
comprehend the following subjects: Philosophy of Arithmetic; 
Algebra; Plane, Solid and Spherical Geometry; Application of Al- 
gebra to Geometry ; Original Problems; Plane and Spherical Trigo- 
nometry ; Practical Exercises in Mights and Distances; Mensuration; 
Surveying and Navigation ; Practical Exercises in Surveying, Leveling 
and Topography; Analytical Geometry; Differential and Integral 
Calculus; Civil Engineering (optional); Mechanics, and Astronomy. 

III. School of Ancient Languages. 

In this School shall be taught the Latin, Greek and Hebrew 
languages, and also Grrecian and Roman History, G-eography 
and Literature. It will be the duty of the Professor in this 
Department, not to confine himself to mere grammatical analy- 
sis, but to conduct the students to the study of the higher jirin- 
ciples of interpretation ; and particularly to cultivate in them a 
taste for classical beauty; and an acquaintance with the phases 
of civilization, and the leading political, philosophical and 
religious events to which the authors severally refer. Frequent 
exercises in written translations from the Classics into the 
English, and from the English into the Classics, will also be 
required of all the students in this Department; and it shall be 
the duty of the Professor to see that every translation is correct 
in grammar and orthography, and that the whole is strictly 
vernacular. 

The course of study will be the following, or what the Faculty 
may consider a fair equivalent : Virgil's jEneid; Cicero's Select 



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Orations ; Livy ; Cicero de Officiis ; Horace ; Tacitus ; Cicero's Tuscu- 
lan Bispufatinns ; Arnold's Latin Prose Composition; Latin Prosody ; 
Latin Theses; Roman History and Geography; Roman Antiquities ; 
Xcnophons Anabasis; Heredotus ; Demosthenes de Corona; Thucy- 
dides ; Homer s Iliad; Xenophons Memorabilia; Plato's Georgias ; 
Sophocles or Euripides; Long inns de Sublimitate; Arnold's Greek 
Prose Composition ; Greeh Prosody ; Greek Theses ; Grecian History , 
Geography and Antiquities; and the Hebrew, the study of which, 
however, shall be optional. 

It is not expected that all the above works will be read 
entire ; but so much, at least, will be required as will enable the 
student to translate them with facility, and as may be necessary 
to ^ive him a just idea of the character and merits of each 
work, and of all the peculiarities of the author. 

IV. School of Physical Science. 

The design of this Department is to give to the student a 
\QTy thorough and extensive knowledge of the laws, principles 
and operations of the material world, organic and inorganic. 
The daily recitations will be accompanied with familiar lectures, 
and a very full course of experiments on all subjects which are^» 
susceptible of being thus illustrated. 

Much time and attention will also be given to the subject of 
Practical Analysis, the Laws of Health, the Principles of Agri- 
culture, and the general applications of Chemistry to the Arts ; 
while the benevolent designs of the Creator, in the constitution 
of Nature, will be kept constantly before the minds of the 
students. 

The course of study and instruction in this School will extend 
through a period of at least two years, during which there will 
be five recitations every week. The full scheme embraces the 
following subjects : 

Hydrostatics ; Pneumatics ; Acoustics ; Heat ; Electricity ; Mag- 
netism; Optics; Galvanism; Chemical Philosophy ; Inorganic Chem- 
istry; Organic Chemistry; Mineralogy; Botany; Physiology; Zoology; 
Geology, and Agricultural Chemistry. 

V. School of Belles Lettres. 
The primary object of this Department is to make the stu- 
dent thoroughly acquainted with the laws, principles and 
usages of the English language, and to enable him to speak and 



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to write it according to the style and usage of our best modern 
speakers and writers. 

For this purpose, every student in this school shall be very 
thoroughly drilled in the structure of sentences, the nature and 
principles of figurative language, the different qualities of a 
good style, and also in the arts of Composition and Elocution. 
Written exercises on such topics as the Professor shall prescribe, 
and brief critiques on portions of the best English Classics, will 
be required throughout the entire course. 

Instruction in History and Intellectual and Political Science 
will also for the j)resent be connected with the course in Eng- 
lish Literature and Belles Lettres. The full scheme will occupy 
a period of four years, and embrace the following subjects : 

English Syntax and Prosody ; History and Structure of the English 
Language; Elements of Rhetoric; Art of Criticism; Elocution; In- 
tellectual Philosophy ; Logic ; Philosophy of Rhetoric ; Critiques on 
Selections from the best English Classics; Original Essays and Ora- 
tions; Forensic Disputations; History; Political Economy, and Con- 
stitutional and International Law. 

VI. School of Modern Languages, 
In this School shall be taught the French, Grerman, Italian, 
and Spanish languages. The labors of the Chair will, till other- 
wise directed, be divided as far as practicable, among the Pro- 
fessors of the other Departments. Other Schools will be opened 
as soon as the funds of the Institution will justify it. 



AETICLE XIII. 

OF PUBLIC SPEAKING. 

1. For the improvement of the student in the arts of com- 
posing, speaking and reasoning, the Faculty may require occa- 
sional public exhibitions, particularly of the higher classes. 

2. On the day of Commencement, the candidates for degrees 
shall perform such exercises as shall be assigned to them by the 
Faculty; and no candidate shall refuse to do so under the pen- 
alt}^ of being refused his diploma. 

3. Nothing indelicate, profane, or immoral, nor what is of a 
purely partizan and sectional character, shall at an}^ time be 
delivered on the public stage, under penalty of such punishment 
as the Faculty may determine. And to prevent any unpleasant 



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occurrence of this kind, every student shall submit to the Pro- 
fessor of Belles Lettrcs, or some other member of the Faculty, 
the whole of what he proposes to read or speak, and shall not 
fail to observe whatever corrections he may suggest. This reg- 
ulation has reference to all public performances, whether ap- 
pointed by the Faculty, or by the Literary Societies. 

AETICLE XIV. 

OF EXAMINATIONS AND THE SCALE OF MERIT. 

1. There shall be at least two classes of examinations for the 
students of Kentucky University. The first shall be a daily 
examination, in connection with the daily lecture or recitation. 
The second shall be a public examination of all the classes at 
the close of the session. And in addition to these, the Faculty 
shall also appoint such other examinations as they may think 
expedient. 

2. The Professor of each School shall conduct the daily ex- 
aminations in his own Department, in such a way as he may 
think best ; and immediately after the examination, he shall 
affix to the name of each student examined a number desig- 
nating the value of his examination. P'or a perfect recitation, 
the number shall be one hundred per cent of the prescribed 
maximum; and for a less perfect recitation, it shall be such a 
percentage as will express its true relative value. 

3. The public examinations shall be either written or oral, 
as the Faculty may determine. But thc}^ shall in all cases 
be made real tests of scholarship, and efficient means of dis- 
tinguishing the meritorious from the undeserving, and of 
conferring honorable rank on young men of promising attain- 
ments. 

4. At the close of each public examination, the Professor in 
charge shall make out an estimate of each student's perform- 
ance, according to the same scale of numbers, and submit it to 
the Faculty and Board of Visitors present, a majority of whom 
shall have power to ratify or change the report according to 
their knowledge and sense of justice in each particular case. 

5. From this and the daily reports of proficiency, the schol- 
arship of each student shall be determined in the following 
manner: The Professor shall first take the average value of 
each student's daily examinations; to this he shall add the 
value of his public or term examination, and half this sum 



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shall be entered on the Book of Eecords, and sent to the parent 
or guardian of said student, as the report of his scholarship or 
proficiency in study during the term. 

6. The general conduct and industry of each student shall 
be estimated on the same scale, from all the facts of which the 
Faculty may have certain knowledge, and in whatever way 
they may find to be most convenient. The result of their reck- 
oning shall be entered on the Book of Eecords, and a true copy 
of the same sent to the parent or guardian of the student, at 
the end of the term, or oftener, when the case may seem to 
require it. 

AETICLE XY. 

OF GRADUATION. 

For the accommodation of young men who may wish to 
qualify themselves for the various callings and pursuits of life, 
and who may be unable to complete a liberal course of study, it 
shall be provided that a student may graduate in any School 
on the following conditions : 

1. That he shall have been at least one year a student of the 
University, and that he shall have completed in a satisfactory 
manner all the required studies of said School, or what the 
Faculty may judge to be a fair equivalent; the standard of 
graduation in each School being not less than fifty per cent of 
the prescribed maximum. 

2. That he shall have habitually observed and respected all 
the other rules and regulations of the University. 

3. That he pay to the Professor in charge a fee of three 
dollars. 

He will then be entitled to a certificate of graduation, signed 
by the Professor, and also by the President of the University, 
in which may be stated his grade of scholarship in said School, 
and likewise his general standing with respect to conduct and 
application to study. 

When any student shall have thus graduated in the Schools 
of Biblical Literature, Mathematics, Ancient Languages, Physi- 
cal Science, and Belles Lettres, he shall then receive, free of 
charge, the regular degree of A. B.; provided that he shall have 
paid all University dues, and that, up to the time of his taking 
the degree, he shall have faithfully complied with all the laws 
and regulations of the University. 

The candidate for the degree of A. B. may, with the advice 



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and consent of the Faculty, be permitted to study Civil Engi- 
neering, the Hebrew Language, or any one of the Modern 
Languages, instead of the Calculus. But whenever a student 
proposes to graduate in only one School, he shall be required to 
study all that is included in its prescribed course, optional 
studies only being excepted. 

A student may also be admitted to the regular degree of A. 
M. on the following conditions : 

1. That he shall have first received the degree of A. B., and 
been at least one year a student of the University. 

2. That his Term Eeports for conduct, industry and scholar- 
ship, while a student of the University, shall have been at least 
seventy five per cent of the prescribed maximum. 

3. That he shall have studied at least three of the elective 
branches, instead of one, as in the prescribed course for the 
degree of A. B. 

4. That he pay to the Library Fund a fee of ten dollars. 
Other bachelors of three years' standing, may receive the 

honorary degree of A. M. on the payment of ten dollars to the 
Library Fund; provided, that they shall have maintained a vir- 
tuous and exemplary character, and that they shall have been 
admitted to some of the learned jjrofessions. Candidates for 
this honor should apply to the President at least one week 
before the Annual Commencement. 

ARTICLE XVI. 

OP RELIGIOUS AND LITERARY SOCIETIES. 

1. No society of any kind shall be formed by the students 
of the University, without the consent of the Faculty, nor until 
its constitution shall have been submitted to them for their 
approval. 

2. Such as the Faculty may approve, shall be subject to the 
laws and regulations of the University; and their property 
shall be under the care and guardianship of the Board. 

3. They shall carefully observe and respect all such regula- 
tions as the Faculty may prescribe, respecting their times of 
meeting, the length and character of their exercises, etc. 

4. They shall have power to adopt their own rules for the 
management of their business during the prescribed period of 
their meeting ; provided, that these shall not be inconsistent 
with the laws of the Board, or the regulations of the Faculty. 



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5. There shall be no literary contests between any societies 
connected with the University. 

6. Anj^ society which shall fail to observe and respect the 
above laws, may be suspended for a time, at the discretion of 
the Faculty. 

AETICLB XYII. 

OF THE LIBRARY. 

1. The Library shall be under the direction of the Faculty, 
who shall appoint one of their own number, or some other 
suitable person, to act as Librarian. 

2. It shall be the duty of the Librarian to take good care of 
all the books, charts, etc., belonging to the Library; to arrange 
them in proper order, and to keep a catalogue of all the books 
presented or purchased for the use of the Library. 

3. He shall also carefully register all books taken from the 
Library, noting the name of the borrower, the title of the book, 
the time when borrowed, and when returned. 

4. One week before the annual meeting of the Board of 
Curators, the Librarian shall make to the Executive Committee 
a written report, in which he shall state the condition and wants 
of the Library; the number of books received during the year; 
the number lost or injured, and any other matters pertaining to 
the Library, that may seem to require their attention. It shall 
also be his duty to collect all fines for injuries done to the 
Library. 

5. The President, Professors, instructors, tutors, students. 
Curators, and all resident graduates, shall have the right to 
draw books from the Library. Other persons may also have 
the privilege of drawing books therefrom, by obtaining per- 
mission from the Faculty, and subscribing to an engagement to 
conform to all the laws and regulations of the same, and to 
make good all damages or losses thereto, which they may occa- 
sion or permit. Eut no person shall borrow a book from the 
Library without the knowledge of the Librarian or President, 
and no other person shall have a key to the Library. 

6. It shall also be unlawful for any person to carry a book 
belonging to the Library bej^ond the precincts of Harrods- 
burgh; and any one who shall violate this regulation, may be 
deprived of the use of the Library, or required to pa}^ a fine 
not exceeding one dollar, at the discretion of the Faculty. 



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7. "Whoever shall borrow a book from the Library, shall pay 
at the discretion of the Librarian for any injury done to it 
while in his possession. In case of the loss of a volume, the 
borrower shall be required to replaee the same, or to pay the value 
thereof in money ; and if the volume be one of a set, he shall 
either replace the whole set or pay the value of it in money. 

8. All books for the Library shall be purchased under the 
direction of the Faculty, and deposited in the Library. 

9. The Faculty shall have power to determine on what days 
and at what hours the Library shall be open, and to make any 
other regulations for its management that may not be incon- 
sistent with the provisions of this article. 

AETICLE XVIII. 

OF TERMS, RECESSES AND COMMENCEMENTS. 

1. The University year shall consist of but one session. 
which shall begin on the third Monday of September, and end 
on the fourth Wednesday of June. 

2. There shall be an Annual Eecess, commencing on the 
24th of December, and ending on the 2d of January. Under 
extraordinary circumstances, the Faculty may also, at their 
discretion, allow such partial or total suspension of the regular 
exercises of the University, as may seem to be expedient or 
necessary. 

3. The Annual Commencement shall take place on the fourth 
Wednesday of June, when such students as may be found 
worthy, shall receive the regular degree of A. B. or A. M., on 
the conditions before prescribed. This shall also be the usual 
time of conferring honorary degrees. 

AETICLE XIX. 

OF BOARDING HOUSES. 

1. Students will be allowed to select their own places of 
boarding, subject in all cases to the approval and supervision of 
the Faculty. But no student shall be permitted to board at 
any house where intoxicating liquors are sold, or where the 
rules of propriety and good order are in any other respect dis- 
regarded. Frequent changes of boarding-houses shall be dis- 
couraged. 
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2. Every student shall preserve order and decorum in his 
own room, and shall be responsible for any disorder in the 
same, unless he give information, when in his power, of the 
person or persons by whom it was committed. 

AETICLB XX. 

OF FEES AND CHARGES. 

1. Every student except in the cases hereafter prescribed, shall 
pay in advance, a Tuition fee of thirty dollars per session ; and a 
Janitor's fee of four dollars per session. An additional fee will 
also be charged for instruction in the Modern Languages. 

2. Besides these every new student shall pay, on entering 
the University, a Matriculation fee of five dollars; and every 
graduate in any School, shall pay to the Professor in charge, a fee 
of three dollars for a Certificate of Graduation in the same. A 
fee of ten dollars will also be required for the degree of A. M. 

3. Students will be charged extra for any damages that they 
may do to any of the buildings or appurtenances belonging to the 
University. 

AETICLE XXI. 

OF GRATUITOUS INSTRUCTION. 

1. Indigent and pious young men who desire to qualify them- 
selves for Teaching or for the Christian Ministry, may be ad- 
mitted into the University free of tuition. They must, however, 
in all cases, present to the Faculty satisfactory evidence of their 
character and circumstances. 

2. They shall also be required to sign a written obligation to 
devote themselves to the profession of Teaching or Preaching ; 
or to pay with interest the whole amount of their Tuition fees, 
if at any time they should wholly abandon it, or make it sub- 
ordinate to any other calling. 

3. The Faculty may also in cases of extraordinary embar- 
rassment, grant gratuitous instruction to any student of good 
moral character. And if at any time, they should find it neces- 
sar}^ to employ a student of advanced standing and approved 
character to give instruction to a preparatory class, they may 
remit his tuition as a reward for the services rendered. 



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AETICLE XXII. 

OP THE GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS. 

1. The Faculty with the Executive Committee shall exercise 
a general care and oversight over the University Grounds and 
Buildings ; they shall also assess and collect fines for all injuries 
done to the same. 

2. During the session, neither the Grounds nor Buildings 
shall be appropriated to any other purpose than that required 
by the legitimate business and duties of the Faculty, without 
their consent. 

3. The Faculty shall appoint a Janitor, whose dnty it shall 
be to keep the rooms of the University clean and in good order; 
to attend to the fires required in the same ; to render whatever 
service may be necessaiy in any of the departments; to wait 
upon the meetings of the Faculty ; to attend to the ringing of 
the Bell at the prescribed times; to keep the walks and fences 
in good order ; to plant and cultivate shrubbery ; and to do such 
other acts of service in connection with the details of disciiDline, 
etc., as the Faculty may require. 

4. No meeting of any kind shall be held in the University 
Buildings later than 10 o'clock, P. M. And it shall be the duty 
of the Janitor to see that at that hour, the fires are covered, the 
doors locked, and every thing left in a state of security. 

AETICLE XXIII. 

OP THE TAYLOR ACADEMY. 

1. For the present and till otherwise ordered, there shall be 
connected with the University a Preparatory and Normal 
School, under the name and style of The Taylor Academy. It 
shall be under the general supervision and government of the 
President, aided by a Principal and as many Assistants as the 
wants and exigencies of the School may render necessary. 

2. The special design of the Academy is to prepare young 
men for the University classes and for the profession of Teach- 
ing. But boys ten years of age, of good behavior, and who 
can write a legible hand, spell with correctness English words 
in common use, read plain English prose with ease and pro- 
priety, solve questions in the four fundamental rules of Arith- 
metic, and answer Geographical questions respecting the natural 
features and civil divisions of the Earth, may also be admitted. 



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3. The following shall be the course of study and instruction, 
subject to such changes and modifications as the President may 
think expedient, 

FIRST YEAR. 

Spelling and Defining words; Eeading; Penmanship; Modern 
Geography with the use of the Grlobes and Geographical Charts ; 
History of the United States ; Mental and Practical Arithmetic ; 
Arithmetical Tables ; Bible Recitations, and Vocal Music. 

SECOND YEAR. 

Eeading, Writing, and Modern Geography continued ; Out- 
lines of Modern History; Ancient Geography commenced; Arith- 
metic; Book-keeping ; English Grammar with constant Practical 
exercises; Bible Eecitations ; Vocal Music; and Practical Exer- 
cises in Composition and Declamation, 

THIRD YEAR, 

English Grammar and Ancient Geography continued ; Outlines 
of Ancient History; Arithmetic completed ; Elements of Algebra 
commenced ; Latin Grammar ; Latin Eeader ; Instruction in 
Didactics ; Bible Eecitations ; Vocal Music ; English Composi- 
tion and Declamation, 

FOURTH YEAR, 

English Grammar completed ; Outlines of Physiology ; Ele- 
ments of Algebra completed ; Instruction in Didactics continued ; J 
Latin Grammar continued; Caesar; Sallust; Virgil's Bucolics 
and Georgics ; Greek Grammar ; Greek Eeader ; Selections from 
the Greek Testament ; Bible Eecitation ; Vocal Music ; English 
Composition and Declamation. 

4. The students of the Academy shall, in general, be subject 
to the same laws that are binding on the students of the Uni- 
versity, with such additional and special regulations as the 
President and Principal may adopt for their instruction and 
government. But all under fourteen years of age, must remain 
in the rooms of the Academy, and study at least six hours per 
diem, under the immediate supervision of the Principal and his 
Assistants, 

5. The Tuition fee and the Janitor's fee shall be the same in 
the Academy as in the University ; but no matriculation fee will 
be required of those whose studies shall be confined exclusively 
to the Academical course. 



ADDRESS. 



k: B isr T xj o e: "2" XJnsri-VEH.siT^sr. 

To THE Friends op Education in the West and South : 

Under a late Act of the Legislature of Kentucky, amending 
the Charter of Bacon College, and remodeling and re-organizing 
it upon the more liberal and comprehensive plan of a Univer- 
sity, with the above title, the undersigned were designated as its 
Board of Curators, and at a late meeting, proceeded to lay out 
the ground-work of the enterprise in accordance with the pro- 
visions of the Charter as its organic law. 

We desire to call your attention to the history, aims and 
objects of this Institution. The brethren of the Christian 
Church in Kentucky, now numbering some 50,000, and embrac- 
ing, we may say without boasting, a large share of the wealth, 
intelligence, and piety of the State, in view of their position 
and responsibilities, and the broad field of culture lying before 
them in the Mississippi Valley, have been endeavoring for some 
years, to establish in their midst a first-class Institution of learn- 
ing. With a nucleus of some $20,000 worth of property and funds 
on hand to begin with, which was all that remained of Bacon 
College, after various unsuccessful eflbrts to build it up, a plan 
for its permanent endowment has been presented and prose- 
cuted, which has resulted thus far in securing, in addition to 
the above, $150,000 of the most solvent and available subscrip- 
tions which have been affected but little by the financial pres- 
sure, and which are being promptly paid up as they fall due. 

While this is a better pecuniary basis than any Institution in 
the West has, so far as is known to us^ yet it is but a small part 
of the amount which we hope, with the Divine blessing, to 
secure, as the foundation of such an enterjarise as we are pro- 
jecting. Nor will it be regarded as unreasonable to say, that 
but little less than a half million of dollars, in the way of En- 
dowments, Scholarships, Prizes, etc., will ultimately satisfy the 



38 Kentucky Univeksity. 

just expectation of those who take liberal views of the great 
work before us. It is proper to state, that the above subscrip- 
tions have been obtained from comparatively a few persons in 
the central counties of Kentucky, and that a large part of the 
State, to which the work is at present confined, has not as yet 
been appealed to. But it is the deliberate purpose of Bro. John 
B. Bowman, who has been prosecuting the plan of endowment, 
and whose labors have been only temporarily suspended, in view 
of the financial crisis in the country, to devote his life and ener- 
gies to it, so long as his labors will be acceptable to his brethren, 
and they will co-operate with him for the consummation of 
what has been so well begun. We rejoice in the repeated assur- 
ances which have been given, that there are many noble-hearted 
friends throughout the State, who are only awaiting an oppor- 
tunity to respond to the appeals in its behalf. 

We desire to say, that while we are endeavoring to build up 
an Institution which will meet the actual and pressing wants of 
our State and the Church, and while we have strong moral and 
pecuniary influences of a local character to foster and support it, 
yet we distinctly avow, that no sectional or sectarian element shall 
be a constituent of its organization, and that especially will the 
beneficiary provisions of its Ministerial and ISTormal Depart- 
ments be liberal and accessible to worth and merit of every 
creed and latitude. We believe that here in the center of our 
noble State, ever conservative and Union-loving and cherishing,, 
and in the heart of the broad Mississippi Valley, we have one 
of the best stand-points for building up a first-class University, 
which in the plan and details of its organization, is designed to 
be commensurate with the educational wants of the people, who 
are rapidly taking possession of this their glorious heritage. 
And what is the field before us? This Yalley, whose " Father 
of Waters " with his various tributaries, drains and laves half 
of the States and Territories of our vast confederacy, rich in 
the elements of growth and greatness, capable of being the 
granary of the world, and the nursery of empires, and the re- 
alities of whose wealth and resources are even now more than 
has been fabled of any orient clime, is, in the Providence of 
God, rapidly developing under the energy and enterprise of our 
wonderful Anglo Saxon race, whose spirit of conquest, religious, 
literary, and commercial, is as rapid in its strides as it is insati- 
able in its wants. While, then, its people are teeming and 
swarming in from all parts of the civilized world, and are run- 



Kentucky University. 39 

ning to and fro with all the activity and elasticity of their giant 
youth, and while the genius of commerce and ai't is triumphing 
by the power of steam, and with the speed of lightning, and its 
voice is omnipotent, whether it is heard humming in the 
workshop, or whizzing over the broad plains, shall we not, at the 
same time, lay firm and deep the foundations for the temples of 
science and i*eligion, whose light shall he seen afar off? Why 
should we not be as progressive in the cause of education as in 
our industrial and commercial enterprises, and why should we be 
dependent upon New England or Old England for our best 
educational facilities, when we are so rich in ability to have our 
own, and when our wants, in this respect, are so varied and 
pressing? It is true that we have, scattered all over the West, 
scores of unendowed, half-starved, sickly, puny Institutions, 
called Colleges and Universities, many indeed of which, have 
their piles of bricks, stones and mortar, making an imposing 
show. But how many of them, in the way of Endowments, 
Scholarships, Libraries, Instruments, and literary and scientific 
men. the true apparatus of an education, are prepared to fur- 
nish to our young men such a liberal education as the times and 
the peculiar circumstances of our age and country demand? 
And above all, how few secure and enforce that effective discip- 
line, which at the same time is conservative of good morals, and 
productive of good scholars ! It is to be confessed and regretted, 
that while our march has been onward and upward in other 
respects, we have been lacking in this, and have, as yet, to be 
considered as empirics ; so much so, that it is a problem not 
solved, whether our Colleges are a curse or a blessing. While, 
then, we have no spirit of antagonism to any other Institutions, 
but are kind and catholic in feeling to all. we would not be deemed 
arrogant in proposing to build upon a more modern basis an In- 
stitution equal to any in America, — an institution for young 
men instead of hoys, with a high grade of scholarship, and which, 
especially, in its ministeral, normal, scientific, and agricultural 
Departments, will meet the wants of our young giant West. 
For it does seem that as tlie "Star of Empire" is moving on- 
ward and westward, there is opened up a special missionary 
field for the Minister, Teacher, and intelligently educated Farmer. 

We only propose, in our day and generation, to lay ih.Q founda- 
tion of such an institution, with the full hope and confidence that 
others to come will build upon and perfect the siiperstructure. 

To such a work, with the help of the Lord, we have come up. 



40 Kentucky University. 

With a full sense of tlie difficulties and responsibilities, but witb 
a firm reliance on His aid, we have begun it. With these com- 
prehensive views, and looking far into the future, and lifting our 
minds above any local or selfish influences, we desire to labor 
for the greatest permanency and usefulness. We will endeavor 
to proceed slowly, cautiously, measuring every step. We have 
been fortunate in securing the passage of a charter most 
liberal and in many respects peculiar in its provisions, and con- 
taining all the privileges necessary for carrying out the designs 
of the founders upon the most extended scale. At its late 
meeting, the Board of Curators enacted the above system of 
By-Laws, Statute-Laws, Course of Study, etc., for the organi- 
zation and government of the Collegiate and Academical Depart- 
ments of the Institution. 

This schedule, while it embraces the principle features of our 
best American Colleges, makes some important departures from 
the ordinary course of discipline and instruction pursued in them. 

The first step in the work of organization has been to estab- 
lish a Primary and Normal Department, which is now in very 
successful operation under the control of efficient instructors. 
They have also established for the present, six schools or depart- 
ments, embracing a regular college course, most of the chairs of 
which have been already filled by gentlemen eminent for their 
learning and professional experience, who have been connected 
with some of the best Institutions of the country, and whose 
services are at the command of the Board, as they will be needed. 
The full and complete organization of the Collegiate Depart- 
ment will be effected at the earliest day that the collection of 
the funds now falling due will render practicable. They have 
in their organic law, and in their enactments, thrown around 
these funds the strongest safeguards, and such an investment of 
them will be made from time to time as will look to the greatest 
permanency. 

Such is a brief view of the designs and labors, thus far, of 
those who have projected this enterprise ; and we congratulate 
its friends, that all things are moving on in harmony with the 
great end proposed, and that there is nought else but a future 
of hope and promise before us. 

Such, friends and brethren of the South and West, is the begin- 
ning of a work to which we invite your candid and earnest atten- 
tion, and which, we think, is worthy of the sympathies and 
co-operation of every Christian and Philanthropist. And we 



Kentucky University. 41 

would say, especially to such of our friends as have been richly 
blessed by a kind Providence with the heart and ability to do 
a good deed, and who desire, in view of their obligations to God, 
and the wants of humanity, to find Bomethin g permanent and use- 
ful, upon which to rest their benevolence, here is an applicant 
that is needful and will be thankful. We want, yet, endowments 
of professorships, beneficiary foundations, prize-funds, etc., in 
order to perfect the great scheme on hand. You who have your 
thousands to spare, and who would see the fruits of your good 
works while you live, and you who wish to bequeath a legacy 
when you die to an heir that will not waste it or forget you, 
look with charity upon this young, rising Institution, and emu- 
lating the noble example of those of other States who are so 
liberally dispensing of their abundance to the upbuilding of 
other Institutions, bless it, and its grateful beneficiaries will rise 
uj) in a far, far future and call yoit blessed. 

To such of its friends as have so far nobly responded to its 
aj)peals, we tender the warmest thanks, and ask them still to 
stand by it and foster it, and by their hearts' earnest prayers 
and sympathies, aid. us in our labors; all of which we devoutly 
pray may redound to the glory of God and the good of our race. • 

Wm. Morton, Chairman. 
John B. Bowman, James Taylor, 

Jno. Aug. Williams, Ben. C. Allen, 

A. G. Kyle, A. H. Bowman, 

J. A. Dearborn, D. W. Thompson, 

A. G. Vivion, P. B. Thompson, 

W. A. Cook, G. D. Kunyan, 

A. Gallatin Talbott, P. B. Mason, 

C. T. Worthington, G. W. Givens, 

Jas. C. Stone, A. G. Herndon, 

E. C. Graves, Joseph Wasson, 

W. W. McKinney, John Curd, 

John Allen Gano, W. L. Williams, 

Zach. F. Smith, J. I. Eogers, 

Theodore S. Bell, Kobert C. Eice. 

Enos Campbell, 



FACULTY (Elect). 



ROBERT MILLIGAI^T, A. M., 

President, 

PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL LLTERATURE, ETHICS, ETC. 



ROBERT RICHARDSOl^, A. M. 

Vice President, 

PROFESSOR OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE. 



HENRY H. WHITE, A. M. 

PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS. 



JOHK H. ]!^EYILLE, A. M., 

PROFESSOR OF ANCIENT LANGUAGES. 



PROFESSOR OF BELLES-LETTRES, HISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE. 



PROFESSOR OF MODERN LANGUAGES. 

WILLIAM C. PIPER 

PRINCIPAL OF TAYLOR ACADEMY. 



JOSEPH B. MYERS, 



LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 



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